While Gu Xing was flipping through the menu, Jack suddenly kicked the fragrant pot under the table.
"What's wrong with you?" Liu Shiyu raised his eyebrows and raised his eyebrows, "You're a pancake, right?"
Yu Wenbo obviously still remembered the grudge of being wrongly accused and choked in the venue before, so he made fun of Xiang Guo.
"Are you really stingy? You can't afford this price?" Jack sneered coldly, "What's the name of Lao Gu? Ge..."
"Grandet?" Gu Xing answered, "It's just a meal to satisfy your appetite."
This time it was Xiangguo's turn to feel aggrieved, "I really can't afford it!"
Jack crossed his arms and had a 'really, I don't believe it' expression on his face.
"I lied to you that I was a puppy!" Liu Shiyu was very angry.
"Hey, hey, if you quarrel, just quarrel. Don't drag irrelevant people into it." Gu Xing reminded kindly.
Xiangguo immediately retorted, "It was obviously you who pulled the Uzi first when we were at the venue!"
Gu Xing knew he was wrong and kept silent.
Shi Senming, who had just run to the bathroom, came back and heard the three of them arguing again. He quickly testified, "Don't be embarrassed, Xiang Guo really has no money."
"Then it's not like this," Jack shook his head after hearing this, "The four of us will eat three thousand yuan!"
In his opinion, 3,000 yuan is just drizzle for a long-established e-sports player like Xiang Guo.
Liu Shiyu was so anxious that he simply took out his mobile phone.
"Take a look, have you seen this salary?" He showed the evidence to his friends, "If I treat you to this meal, most of my week's income will be included!"
Gu Xing, who was ordering food, took a look and was immediately shocked.
The after-tax salary is just over 22,000.
For ordinary white-collar workers, this income is considered very good.
But Liu Shiyu is also one of the top junglers in the world's most popular and successful e-sports, with both popularity and strength.
In addition, e-sports players are different from white-collar workers. The prime period of their career is only two years, and they have to count on saving their salary to support their future life. It is reasonable for their peak salary to be higher.
Calculated in this way, the income of more than 20,000 yuan is really not much.
It can even be said to be unimaginably low!
"So low?" Jack's eyes widened, his voice became shrill, and he opened his mouth with an expression on his face that resembled the Shiba Inu's frightened expression.
"I'm sorry, my friend S6 made more money when it was just a new contract than you did with this contract!" Yu Wenbo exclaimed.
The contract amount that Jack signed with VG last year was salary + signing fee totaling 3 million per year before tax.
This is the quote given by Ding Jun to match IG’s intention.
For newcomers who have yet to realize their talents in the e-sports arena, salary is definitely the best thing!
Calculated, the income of the long-famous Xiang Guo is about 1/10 of that of young Jack!
You know, Liu Shiyu was the winner of the first LPL Rookie of the Year in 2014. At the age of 18, he was also considered a top potential rookie!
After winning the award for three years, holding the league championship and the top eight records of the World Championship, but with only this salary level, maybe normal people will feel psychologically unbalanced.
"How can I compare with you?" Xiangguo sighed, "Yu Wenbo is called a genius boy, and he is the only one in the entire LPL!"
"I can't help it. Who makes me young?" Yu Wenbo chatted and talked about the topic, not wanting to irritate the other person.
Jack was able to get a quote of 3 million, which set a new LPL rookie contract price record. It is naturally worth the money, and it is closely related to the terrifying talent he showed during his rookie period.
He was promoted to Diamond 1 in the fifth grade of elementary school. He was the king of the Noxus server in the sixth grade. He was the king of Ionia in the first year of junior high school. He reached the top of the national server at the age of 14. He held three accounts within the first ten miles of becoming a king!
Whichever item you use, it is amazing in the field of League of Legends!
In the past, some players always described Keng Bi as a primary school student, but at that time Jack, a real primary school student, had already controlled Draven to kill everyone in the Canyon Thousand Points King Game.
The outstanding age conditions are here, and the LPL is a famous AD cancer competition area, and it is very happy to provide high salaries to players at the shooter position.
In addition, there are several teams competing for Jackeylove at the same time, and the bidding is rising steadily. This allows Yu Wenbo, who has not made his debut, to directly receive 3 million pre-tax income!
"To be honest, Jack, I don't have anything to complain about if you take millions. After all, your talent in qualifying is terrifying," Xiang Guo said and wanted to punch the table, "But those who are in the same position as me are Why is Kandi so hotter than me?"
He was furious, "Didn't I crush him in my matchup results? This guy's performance is not as good as mine every year, and he is still in the poor WE, and his salary is 20 times higher than mine!"
This is the source of Xiangguo's depression.
Like Jack, they are not in the same position as him. AD players in domestic leagues are worth more than junglers. He has nothing to say.
Like Gu Xing, he has achieved a grand slam, so it is natural for him to receive a high salary, so Xiangguo naturally has no objection.
Then Kandi is no better than me, so why is your salary 20 times more than mine?
unfair!
Liu Shiyu has never been shy about his original intention to become a professional.
Just like Gu Xing, it’s just to make money.
Nowadays, the salaries of the players around him who are not as good as him are much higher. Xiangguo must be unbalanced!
Gu Xing finished ordering and made sure that there was no seafood in Jack's meal, and then he spoke to comfort Xiangguo.
"That's because we all re-signed contracts after the transfer period last year," he said warmly. "S7 is held in China, so it is inevitable that everyone's income will rise."
In addition, VG successfully won the championship last year and successfully boosted morale. Seeing the region's glory, various LPL clubs began to increase investment and want a piece of the pie.
Players, as direct beneficiaries, receive significantly higher salaries than in previous years.
"Besides, with the look of the WE base, the money Kandi earns probably includes mental damage fees!" Gu Xing said with a bit of ridicule.
"What do you mean?" Shi Senming didn't understand. "How come you have to pay for mental damages even if you are a professional?"
Gu Xing replied with great interest, "WE base is a pink fairy castle!"
"Really?" Shi Senming doubted subconsciously.
Isn't this too abstract?
Gu Xing quickly pulled out the photos he took on the WE bus to the opponent's base from the gallery on his phone and shared them with Xiao Ming.
"Good guy..." Shi Senming clicked his tongue in amazement, "It's really tasteful. If I were Kandi, I would never train and live in a base like this without extra money."
Jack was very happy after reading it.
Liu Shiyu was still unhappy.
On one dining table, only the incense pot hurts the world.
Upon seeing this, the helpful Gu Xing changed his strategy from comforting to providing solutions.
"It's okay. When the contract expires at the end of this year, you can ask the management for a higher price," he said, using his personal experience as an example. "When I signed my first contract last summer, my monthly salary was only ten thousand or twenty thousand, but After becoming a free agent, my salary will immediately increase several times!"
Gu Xing didn't tell the whole truth.
His first contract income was only 10,000 to 20,000 yuan.
But it only lasted two months in total.
After winning the S6 Summer Split, Ding Jun went to Zhenhai for an interview and directly raised his monthly income to six figures!
I have to say that Boss Ding is really kind and kind.
Gu Xing didn't tell this story because he was afraid that Xiangguo would be even more angry.
After all, RNG won the first spring championship in team history in 2016, and the royal boss did not see Liu Shiyu's salary increase.
The current income of 20,000 yuan may not even be as good as the Xiangsong Group, which currently has no achievements.
"You can go to various teams during the transfer period. There are not many good junglers available in the world now. You will definitely get a very high salary!" Gu Xing encouraged.
In the jungle position, since frequent communication with the lane is required, Chinese proficiency is a must.
The LPL only bought a few OGN junglers when they blindly spent money on signings - such as Qinggong Shuibo Inesc, coal digger Kakao's master and apprentice, and Dandy and Xiao Sprite, the three-star blue and white brothers.
Later, I found that the effect of buying Korean jungle aid was relatively average, so I gave up decisively.
Now kakao and Xiaoxuebi have left the LPL. Insec's level is not as good as before after he performed his peerless light kung fu. The more he gets into trouble, the more his hips are stretched. Dandy, the remaining three, has also transformed into a coach.
There are a total of 12 teams in the LPL in the S7 Summer Split. The only ones using Korean junglers are IM's Flawless and NB's Red Rose Swift.
Even including Sofm, who is originally from Vietnam, there are only three people in total, which is not a high proportion.
Moreover, teams that use foreign junglers generally have average results.
Domestic junglers are obviously more popular!
Nowadays, the top domestic junglers in the LPL are nothing more than Gu Xing, Ming Kai, Xiangguo and Kandi. The first two are not for sale by the team and will basically not be circulated outside.
If Xiangguo waits until his contract expires, he will be one of the top hard goods in the transfer market!
It’s not a luxury to get a high-paying contract by then!
But after Liu Shiyu listened to Gu Xing's comfort, the light of hope that had just lit up in his eyes was instantly extinguished.
"My contract has not expired at the end of the year. I have to wait until the end of the S8 season to test the free market." He mumbled.
"Ah..." Gu Xing was speechless for a moment, "How many years have you signed the contract?"
Xiangguo held out three fingers and said, "The contract was signed at the end of 2015, and he will become a free agent during the 2018 transfer period."
Gu Xing was silent for a long time.
"My evaluation is, send it!" He was really at his wits end now.
It is simply not feasible to wait until the transfer period to test the market!
Liu Shiyu himself also regretted it, "Why do you think I signed a three-year contract so cheaply?"
In 2015, he felt that 20,000 yuan a month after tax was a huge sum of money.
Before the systematic development of League of Legends competitions, few professional e-sports players in China could earn such a high salary stably. They generally made money by participating in various cup competitions and performing well.
At that time, Xiangguo's vision was limited here, and he had no idea about the popularity of LOL e-sports.
Twenty thousand yuan per month was not even ranked in the LPL at that time.
Gu Xing remembers clearly that Gao Dewei’s income for the entire season in 2015 was 3 million!
Of course, if we look at the current LPL, a weak team would have to spend more than this amount to buy a starting player at a passing level!
"You idiot, you won't give me a penny increase in salary," Xiangguo was so angry that he cursed the boss by name, "He really plans to give me 20,000 a month until the end of S8?!"
Gu Xing couldn't help but curse.
Let me put it this way, you can’t just leave the blame to your boss...
Isn’t it still your name signed in black and white?
It can only be said that the boss of RNG is really not very kind. Xiangguo is at least a veteran in RNG. As a big player in the team, he also won the league championship for the team. How much points can you give me at least?
Xiangguo was so angry that he had no choice but to vent his anger on the beef that had just been served.
The flesh of the elastic teeth was just enough to be chewed hard, and Liu Shiyu used it as a way to vent his anger.
He still felt unhappy and raised his head to tell his friends.
"Anyway, you'd better not come to RNG in the future. This beta place really has its say."
"Don't worry, don't worry," Gu Xing said perfunctorily, "How will Jack and I get there? Unless you two are kicked by RNG one day, there will be a conflict of positions!"
"That's true..." Xiang Guo muttered and continued to focus on the snowflake beef cubes in front of him.
"This thing is expensive, but it's so delicious..." He murmured, with envy in his eyes.
It would be easy to mess with if I could make more money.
Not only can he show off his snowflake beef every day, but he doesn’t have to be shy when meeting referees.
What's wrong with just slapping the table?
A fine is a fine, who can't afford to pay a few thousand yuan?
It's a pity that there is no if.
The balance in Xiangguo's bank card reminds him all the time that he must live frugally and not spend casually.
Gu Xing checked his cell phone and confirmed that his partner and his sister who lived in the apartment had already had barbecue, and then put his thoughts aside.
"If our two families remain at the top of the group, we will have to meet again in the finals in the playoffs," Shi Senming calculated and vowed, "We will definitely take revenge by then!"
Jack sneered, "I think you haven't learned anything about your real skills. You only know how to brag, and you still entered the finals. How long has it been since RNG entered the finals?"
Shi Senming was not affected, but Xiang Guo blushed.
If you think about it, you will know that his support team only joined RNG this season and has only participated in one spring competition.
They were only ravaged by VG once, and it wasn't Shi Senming who was out of the support gap that caused the game to fail.
But Liu Shiyu was taught by Gu Xing every time, and there was never an exception!
This was the closest performance in the first game today. Gu Xing also made an outrageous show of taking the enemy general's head in the midst of thousands of troops!
In the anti-bar, there are even some who rank them based on their seniority, asking the art troupe to come up with popular posts about "Gu Family Father and Son Soldiers", pasting the contestants' heads on cartoon illustrations of historical figures. The theme is to count who is against Gu Xing on the field. The most filial piety.
After voting, the little peanut who lost from the World Championship to MSI and then to the Intercontinental Championship was ranked first, and Mala Xiangguo himself ranked second!
He hadn't even won a single round, and he couldn't even find any reason to refute!
Thinking of this, Liu Shiyu's face turned red with shame and he wanted to bury his head in the ground.
If Jack knew that Xiang Guo had read the anti-bar-fixing post, he would have comforted him - in fact, you are not the second filial piety.
Little Peanut is not number one either.
Your filial piety is like a younger brother to Kuro!
If Li Ruixing participates in the selection, your rankings will be postponed!
The four of them were all very hungry today. They didn't eat for a long time in order to stay in competitive condition. With their hungry stomachs, they talked for a while and then focused their energy on cooking.
After eating and drinking, they said goodbye to each other. After Gu Xing paid the bill, he quickly took Jack back to the Good Hope Mountain base.
"Good news, good news!" He opened the door and entered the training room and couldn't wait to share the information with the coaching staff. "It has something to do with the World Championship version!"
The other members of the training team had just returned from eating hot pot. Homme's cheeks were red and he burped from time to time.
Hearing Gu Xing's words, he cast a doubtful look.
Kuro's reaction was more straightforward, "Xiaosuo!"
Gu Xing did not show off and told all the information provided by Shen Guanshan.
"So, September 4th will be the last modification of the global finals version by Riot designers?" Hongmi's eyes suddenly lit up after hearing Hou Ye's translation.
"Theoretically, we can use the incense burner system in the finals, and the designers won't have time to make modifications!" Gu Xing expressed his thoughts enthusiastically.
There were only two days left in the middle. Before Riot could react, the deadline to determine the content of the patch was reached.
Although the designer is not particularly cautious about version changes, he cannot act recklessly.
Patch updates not only need to monitor professional game data, but also take into account the wider player base and weigh the pros and cons from the information compiled from countless ranked matches.
These preparations take time.
Two days is not enough!
"But what if the fist is so crazy that it must be weakened when we use up the incense burner without making preparations?" The Marquis is cautious and steady by nature, and he only dares to make a conclusion if he wants to ensure that everything is foolproof.
"They don't dare," Gu Xing smiled mysteriously, "Have you forgotten the last announcement Riot made?"
Li Zhixun has a good memory and immediately recalled the incident that his jungler pointed out, showing an expression of sudden realization.
Riot Games once performed a classic case of cutting off the game immediately in the professional arena.
The victims are Kindred and the policewoman.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s strong in the game or not, I will go under the knife as soon as I run out of VG this summer!
As a result, it attracted criticism from players and professional players.
At that time, Gu Xing even mocked fists unceremoniously during an interview.
After he started the team, many professional guys jumped into the battlefield immediately with their keen sense of team fights, and jumped out to express their opinions. The theme was to put some pressure on their fists.
Who doesn’t have a few signature heroes?
If you go under the knife in the first game of our C game, will you still play in the future?
Faker also clearly sided with Gu Xing, which put a lot of pressure on his fists.
In the end, Ghost Crab came out to do public relations and published a long article to explain, claiming that Riot would never specifically target a certain player or team for patch corrections, and then managed to calm down the anger.
In the future, if VG gets emergency nerfs from Riot Games after using the incense burner for two days, these designers will be slapping themselves in the face.
In just two months, he gave me two big dicks back and forth, and he was so embarrassed!
By then, it will be a trivial matter for the entire network to ridicule, and Riot will lose its credibility, which will directly affect the subsequent development of LOL e-sports!
As we all know, after Riot made League of Legends e-sports bigger and stronger, it has always wanted to join the traditional sports circle.
It has been revealed that next year’s Asian Games may include a number of e-sports projects including LOL as exhibition matches, and they will enter the main competition four years later.
If you want to lean into the traditional sports circle, you have to try to avoid the grass-roots team's gameplay and reputation.
Then if you go back on your word and make temporary changes to the version, what negative impact will there be on public opinion?
"My dear, I didn't expect that the weakening could actually be a foreshadowing?" Duan Deliang was very surprised, "Xiao Gu, you have such a good mind!"
Gu Xing was very modest, "It's just a coincidence. I didn't expect that much beforehand... I can only say that the fist was brought on by myself."
If they hadn't been so desperate to target VG, Kindred wouldn't have had to undergo a minor rework, and the policewoman wouldn't have gone silent.
That way the fist can still have a chance to try and make mistakes.
Gu Xing then added, "Furthermore, some people are still criticizing the version of the S5 World Championship. Riot Games itself will be very cautious before the patch update of the global finals and will not make changes easily!"
On the eve of the S5 World Championship, Riot Games made changes to its heavy warriors.
Redo all the heroes such as Sword Lady and Noshou.
In that global finals, there were the most supermodels in history.
The captain's ban rate is 94.5%, his appearance rate is 100%, and his winning rate is 100%; the metal master's ban rate is 93.2%, his appearance rate is 100%, and his winning rate is 100%...
In addition to the powerful heroes such as Spider and Lulu, it was a completely deformed version in the 3ban era!
As long as you are a normal player, you can do BP with your eyes closed, and you can just grab the strong characters in the version!
Oh, the Optimistic Team won’t, so that’s okay.
However, the BP of most teams is still extremely rigid. In addition, line-switching tactics are prevalent, which is quite friendly to LCK teams - they have been accustomed to playing fixed operations since the interstellar era. In terms of unchanging and following the rules, almost no one is an opponent of LCK!
But the audience’s experience was so bad that they almost blamed the top management of Riot Games for being autistic!
Riot has a long memory since then and does not make major changes to the version before important events so as not to disrupt the balance of the game.
Today's cautious designers naturally cannot make drastic changes to the incense burner before the S7 World Championship!
After Gu Xing concluded that Fist had weighed many aspects, he could only swallow his anger and let VG bring the incense burner system to the global finals!
"Good boy, you're so handsome!" Kuro's face lit up, "Now we have hope!"
Originally, they held the trump card of the tactical system, but they didn't know when they would be able to use it, and they always felt uneasy.
The information brought by Gu Xing can be regarded as giving VG members a clear concept of time.
"As expected of you, you even know the details of the updated version of Riot!" Li Ruixing complimented him at the right time.
Gu Xing did not take any credit, "Don't mention it, this is all the credit of my partner - she has interned at Tencent and Shiquan and knows more information than us."
Kuro climbed up the pole, flattering him loudly, "Then it has to be you, Ji Gu, you have the ability to find such a powerful partner!"
The training room burst into laughter. Able looked shocked and stared at Li Ruixing intently.
Every move of the former Tigers midfielder refreshes his knowledge.
Jiang Zi can lick, could it be that she is the reincarnation of Tam?
Hongmi couldn't stand listening anymore and quickly continued the topic, "Then our goal is very clear. Hidden the incense burner system until the finals. In the previous stage, we used hard power to support it and copied other teams' version understanding to get through!"
Everyone present nodded and voted in favor.
"Let's fight," Jack yawned, "Today RNG has almost thoroughly studied Lao Gu, and has come up with a brand new female police system. Can't we still win in the end?"
"That's right," Smeb agreed, popping two peanuts into his mouth and taking a sip of Tsingtao beer, narrowing his eyes with pleasure, "All the top laners in the LPL together are not enough for me!"
They have enough confidence to reach the LPL finals without giving up their cards!
The countless previous honors are VG’s confidence!
"Take a rest tonight, and tomorrow night I will take out the female police system that RNG just used and talk about it," Hongmi said about the follow-up plan, "Let's see if we can expand on new tactics!"
Gu Xing returned to his seat and turned on his computer, preparing to play two more qualifying games before he felt sleepy.
With nothing to do, he decided to start a live broadcast to make up for the time.
The playoffs will start later this month, so Gu Xing needs to finish this month's 40-hour live broadcast as soon as possible.
"Hello, hello?" He tried the microphone as usual, making sure that the audience who had just entered the live broadcast room could hear his voice clearly, and then went to the ergonomic chair, "Long time no see, everyone!"
The number of barrages sent by netizens was so terrifying that Gu Xing was so dazzled that he could only make a few short replies.
"Why is the broadcast so late? The anchor needs to catch up on dinner. He just had dinner with Jack Xiangguo and the others... Did Xiangguo hit me when we met? That must be impossible. Who can he beat offline?"
"We really didn't mean to stay up late. Isn't it normal to start broadcasting in the early hours of the morning? For you, it's bedtime, but in the e-sports professional circle, this is equivalent to the prime time at 8pm!"
Gu Xing thanked the gift and said, "Everyone can go and do whatever they want. You don't have to stay in the live broadcast room to accompany me. We mainly make up for the time. There is no requirement for the number of viewers in the contract."
The terms of the DouYu contract he signed after winning the championship were quite loose. Basically, he could get the full payment just by showing up and playing in the league.
Whether there is an audience or not, it’s all a matter of course.
Some netizens couldn't bear it anymore, so they chatted with Gu Xing for a few words and then went to bed.
But there are also many overseas party members among Gu Xing’s fans.
There are mostly international students, but there are also real foreigners.
They don’t have to climb over the wall to watch Douyu. It’s effortless for a super popular player like Gu Xing to start a live broadcast and flock in to watch.
Gu Xing looked at the English words floating in the barrage and immediately burst into laughter.
"Can you understand by watching my live broadcast?"
He said this sentence in simple English vocabulary, and then seamlessly switched back to Chinese, "I have a large number of foreign viewers here, so it is impossible to speak English all the time. If you don't understand, just make do with it."
After saying that, Gu Xing ignored the barrage and connected to the dedicated accelerator to log into the Korean server.
There are a bunch of friends online on the right side of the client, and they are all busy competing for points or practicing heroes.
"This is the routine of our professional players. The main thing is to stay up day and night..."
Gu Xing made a joke and saw a private message sent to him by his friend with the ID of LZPeanut.
"Why are you looking for me, little peanut?"
He muttered slowly and opened the chat panel.
As a result, he saw two pieces of information that instantly shocked him.
LZPeanut: [Why do gods and demons use spiders to get so many kills? Can I have some facial recognition? 】
[You have weakened Elise, what should I use to play in the game? 】
Little Peanut’s English isn’t very good either, so I guess I used translation software to translate it into Korean before sending it to him.
The strange English format coupled with this text is really embarrassing.
Gu Xing laughed out loud and typed a reply, "If you have the ability, you can use Qian Jue to kill people. Besides, there is no need to write an application for you to play spider... If you do write, it is for Bengi. I have skin." 】
Little Peanut sent a string of question marks.
He didn't understand the gist of the application, but the ridicule in Gu Xing's tone was very obvious.
Han Wang was so angry that he immediately opened a game invitation window.
LZPeanut:【1v1】
wbg is really like a monkey.
He was defeated by coach TT in one game before, and this time he was defeated again by Bobby using the same strategy.
BP presses the bottom lane, the game rhythm restricts the middle and jungle, and the top laner is free.
As long as light can't do it, Weibo will lose in all likelihood.
Also, EDG has not been able to defeat them. Resurrection A is definitely out of the question, and the top four teams may not even be able to win.
